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Gabourey Sidibe recalls feeling followed after an 'AHS: Coven' spell scene
Gabourey Sidibe says she is fine now, but a Latin spell she performed on the 2013 set of “AHS: Coven” shook a table and left her thinking something was trying to follow her off set. She used sea salt and carried a Saint Michael card for about five years. -
Hayden Winks’ Week 3 fantasy rankings diverge from Yahoo on 10 players
Hayden Winks’ Week 3 rankings differ from Yahoo consensus on 10 players: he ranks five higher and five lower. He is especially high on Rams tight end Terrance Ferguson and Ravens receiver Rashod Bateman, and low on Commanders receiver Terry McLaurin. -
Lawyers prepare challenge to ICE detention of Katy Rebels coach
Luis Antonio Rosendo-Frontado, a Katy Rebels youth baseball coach, has been in ICE custody since Aug. 23. A parent says lawyers are preparing a habeas corpus petition to challenge his detention and seek release while immigration proceedings continue. -
Dolly Parton recorded her final vocal for U2 while ill, Bono says
Bono said Dolly Parton got out of bed while ill to record “Torn” in June, her final recorded vocal, for U2. Producer Jacknife Lee said she heard and was proud of the finished track. It will close U2’s album “Carnaval De Luz,” due Nov. 13; Parton died Aug. 25 at 80. -
Nottingham 16-year-old faces terrorism-preparation charge after court appearance
An unnamed Nottingham 16-year-old appeared in court charged with preparing a terrorism act on or before 11 September. Prosecutors say he wrote of taking a police officer’s gun, killing people, hijacking a car and running people over; he is due back on 29 January. -
Sienna Miller recounts Oli Green’s surprise Central Park proposal
Sienna Miller said on “The Tonight Show” that fiancé Oli Green proposed during a Central Park stroll the day after her May 14 appearance. Recently postpartum, she joked that her greasy hair and stained T-shirt made her think, “Please, God, not now.” -
Big East RPI snapshot previews Marquette’s meeting with unbeaten Creighton
Marquette hosts Creighton, ranked No. 7 by United Soccer Coaches, in Big East men’s soccer Saturday, Sept. 26, at 6 p.m. Central at Valley Fields in Milwaukee. The Golden Eagles (6-2-1, 0-1 in league play) face unbeaten Creighton (8-0-2, 1-0); the match streams on ESPN+. -
Naples raid finds $3.6m and 11 Rolexes allegedly held by Angelino clan
Police in Naples found $3.6 million in bundled €50 bills and 11 Rolex watches in a Caivano apartment, allegedly held by Angelino clan members. Authorities arrested 34 people in connection with the cash and charged them with crimes including drug trafficking and extortion. -
Gen Z respondents report the most daily face-to-face small talk, survey finds
A Preply survey of 1,400 people in the U.S., UK, Canada and Australia found 58% of Gen Z respondents make small talk face-to-face daily, more than millennials (53%), Gen X (37%) or boomers (31%), complicating their “Gen Z stare” reputation. -
Anthropic remains out of Pentagon supply chain after court ruling
A US appeals court on Friday upheld the Pentagon’s decision to exclude Anthropic from its supply chain, leaving in place a measure that canceled the AI company’s military contracts and bars other Pentagon contractors from using Claude. -
Jackson says Supreme Court favored Trump’s administration by allowing SAVE voter checks
The Supreme Court lifted a block on states using Social Security data in DHS’s SAVE system to check voter eligibility. Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, saying the court favored Trump’s administration over voters; registered voters could not be removed from state rolls in time. -
Three men jailed after a tracked phone led police to a smuggling network
Amir Muhammad Khadikhel, Ismat Miakhel and Mansoor Mohammed were jailed for 9½, nine and 6½ years after pleading guilty to organised-crime and stolen-goods offences. Police suspect their network smuggled up to 40,000 phones to China in 2024–25. -
Talarico challenges Paxton to a Fox News debate hosted by Bret Baier
Texas Democrat James Talarico challenged Ken Paxton to a Fox News debate hosted by Bret Baier, accusing Paxton of dodging debates and saying his campaign declined three local TV invitations. Paxton’s adviser said in July he would debate, but none is scheduled. -
Jeff Taylor enters not-guilty plea in federal case over alleged abuse
Jeff Taylor pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges of coercing and enticing a minor to engage in sex and attempting to do so while he was a youth minister in Virginia from 1994 to 2002. His trial is set for Feb. 16, after a December pretrial hearing. -
UN walkout as Netanyahu speaks highlights Israel’s growing diplomatic isolation
More than half the delegates left the UN General Assembly as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began speaking. The walkout highlighted Israel’s growing diplomatic isolation, as European criticism rises, though its core US ties remain largely intact. -
Edgewood doctor killed in home stabbing; wife critical, man charged
Dr. Idris Evans, 46, was killed and his wife critically injured when a man allegedly broke into their Edgewood, Pennsylvania, home and stabbed them as they slept, police said. Their two children escaped unharmed; Elijah Hemingway, 32, faces homicide and other charges. -
Supreme Court revives expanded federal checks of voter citizenship
The Supreme Court on Friday set aside a lower-court block, allowing the Trump administration to use expanded federal data searches to flag registered voters who may not be citizens. States need not run the checks, and the reports are not final proof of citizenship. -
Rising diesel costs sharpen Tesla Semi's fuel-savings case for fleets
Tesla says volume production has begun for its electric Semi at a new Nevada factory. US diesel averaged $6.53 a gallon this week, about 74% above a year ago. Yahoo Finance calculates nearly $58,000 in fuel-cost savings versus diesel per 100,000 miles. -
From Roman coin debasement to bank loans: how money is created
Scott Melker traces “money printing” from Roman coins to modern banking: commercial banks create most money as deposits through loans, while Federal Reserve bond purchases create reserves. He says inflation depends on supply constraints and where new money goes. -
Two men jailed for stealing more than £13,000 in phones from Woking shop
Joziah Carey-Nichols and Ousman Faal were jailed for robbing a Woking phone shop of more than £13,000 in handsets. They pleaded guilty after threatening a staff member; Faal received three years and Carey-Nichols two and a half years. -
Five networks resume White House TV pool after CNN regains access
The five-network White House TV pool resumed coverage Friday, ending a suspension that began Monday when the other four networks declined to replace CNN after the administration barred it from the rotation. CNN regained access to the grounds Thursday. -
Jackson leaves Trump’s immediate deportation-stay request pending
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson did not grant the Trump administration an immediate stay in its deportation-powers case. She instead called for the immigrants’ lawyers to respond by 4 p.m. ET Monday, leaving the administration’s emergency request pending. -
CDC survey finds frequent fatigue in 20% of women and 13% of men
Women more often reported frequent fatigue than men in a CDC analysis of a 2024 national survey: 20% versus 13% over the previous three months. The report defined it as feeling exhausted most days or every day; 16.6% of adults met that definition. -
Jackson warns Supreme Court’s emergency docket could erode public trust
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said Thursday the Supreme Court’s emergency docket risks eroding public trust and could bypass ordinary review. Hours earlier, the Trump administration asked justices to let officials continue deporting immigrants to third countries. -
James Williams, former Reddit moderator, ordered to pay Nintendo $4.5 million
A federal judge ordered former Reddit moderator James “Archbox” Williams to pay Nintendo $4.5 million after he failed to answer a lawsuit alleging he ran shops distributing pirated Switch games. The order permanently bars him from distributing Switch games illegally. -
DOJ says more than 50 decades-old school desegregation decrees have ended
The Justice Department says it ended more than 50 long-standing consent decrees in school desegregation cases, ending federal oversight. It is reviewing cases from the 1960s and ’70s; some dismissal requests still await a federal judge’s ruling. -
Appeals court leaves Pentagon order excluding Anthropic from military contracts in place
A U.S. appeals court declined to block the Pentagon order barring Anthropic from military contracts and labeling it a national security supply-chain risk. Anthropic says the designation has cost it billions in lost business and is considering further review. -
Judge’s order brings networks back to White House TV pool
Major networks resumed White House TV-pool coverage Friday after a federal judge ordered CNN’s access restored. They had abstained Wednesday and Thursday over Trump’s ban; pool footage showed his greeting of Xi Jinping, and CNN covered the later National Archives visit.





























